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Also Known As muckraking journalism

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Ida Tarbell
Portrait of muckracking journalist Lincoln Steffens, 1912, showing him with glasses, a mustache, and beard, wearing a suit and tie.
Ida B. Wells
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Upton Sinclair
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Portrait of muckracking journalist Lincoln Steffens, 1912, showing him with glasses, a mustache, and beard, wearing a suit and tie.
Lincoln Steffens
American journalist
Ida M. Tarbell seated at a desk with books and flowers, looking toward the camera, surrounded by shelves filled with books.
Ida Tarbell
American journalist
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Samuel Hopkins
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Journalist Henry Demarest Lloyd
Henry Demarest Lloyd
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Samuel Hopkins Adams
Samuel Hopkins Adams
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Edwin Markham, 1907
Edwin Markham
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Ray Stannard Baker
Ray Stannard Baker
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